Movie Review: ‘The Hunger Games’

“The Hunger Games” successfully portrays Suzanne Collins’s heavyweight message of sacrifice and survival, sparking the strong beginning of a new cultural phenomenon and definitely living up to the hype.

Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth in the science fiction action-drama “The Hunger Games,” a film about a boy and girl in a post-apocalyptic society selected to duel to the death on television. Murray Close/Lions Gate Entertainment

In an age of war and reality television, “The Hunger Games” depicts how two underdogs struggle to survive a deadly competition between teenagers. The buzz around the hot sci-fi film has drawn massive attention among social media, critics, and fans, all questioning if it will live up to the hype and reach the same levels of success as the Harry Potter and Twilight franchises.